By Jonathan Thon. Business accelerators have become fashionable, and for good reason. They offer aspiring entrepreneurs access to expert mentors, marketing and media resources, funding opportunities, and office space. In part 7 of this multi-part article series we propose how existing and future business accelerators can address a biotech startup’s operating needs to better serve life-science entrepreneurs. More...
By Sara Mojtehedzadeh. He’s a man with a vision, and Andrew Arifuzzaman’s latest ambition is to bring the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus out of the woods. Literally.
“UTSC has been here in the community for 50 years,” says its chief administrative officer. “But up to eight years ago, it was literally behind a forest.”
According to a report to be released Monday by the Atkinson Foundation and the Mowat Centre, bringing big public institutions closer to their communities could be one of Ontario’s best hopes of tackling poverty. More...
By . We in higher education have been on the defensive lately, amid persistent and legitimate concerns about the rising cost of college education, its purpose and its value. In response, we cite compelling data on the higher wages of college graduates compared to those without degrees, and we describe the intangible values of a liberal arts education that enhance an individual’s joy in life and ability to fulfill the demands of citizenship. More...
By Sarah Petz. Hoping to catch some students who still don't know what they're doing this fall, Algoma U is holding an admissions fair where prospective students will have the chance to be admitted on the spot.
The fair runs from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 1.
Typically, university applications can take months to process, but the university is setting up an assembly line of staff to cut through the red tape and get applications filed within the day, said Brent Krmpotich, director of student recruitment. More...
By Paul Davidson. Young people across Canada are packing up and heading off to university for the fall semester. Those of us a little older may feel a twinge of envy, as we remember our own time on leafy campuses in September. But, in fact, their experience will be quite unlike ours. More than ever before, these students will be learning by doing.
Today, more than 50 per cent of undergraduate university students across all fields of study will have a co-op, internship or service learning experience over the course of their studies. And that number is growing. More...
By National Post View. As usual, opposition criticism contains both truth and exaggeration. While it is true that the quality of education on many Aboriginal reserves remains abysmal, it is untrue that the Conservatives have simply stood idly by. Indeed, the Tories introduced the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act, designed to provide a stable funding stream, greater incorporation of Aboriginal language and culture in school curricula, support from education experts to improve programs and checks on ministerial power over Aboriginal education. Read more...By Kate Dubinski. Leave your native headdresses and fake dreadlocks at home. And don’t bother with the Mohawks, bandanas, tank tops or short shorts, either. 
By Eric Andrew-Gee. When university courses resume this September, Canadian students may find themselves learning the meaning of two new letters: HB. By Mel Silverman. In mid-June, Canada’s medical community was shocked to learn that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the federal agency for health-research funding, has unexpectedly cancelled its support of funding for students in combined MD/PhD programs. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
